Starting things off on Southwest Airlines, I encountered the Hawaiian and New Mexican heritage units at BWI and Chicago Midway respectively.
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Friday, September 8, 2023
23-09-08 PHOTOS: Portland MAX
Starting things off on Southwest Airlines, I encountered the Hawaiian and New Mexican heritage units at BWI and Chicago Midway respectively.
Friday, September 1, 2023
23-09-02 PHOTOS: Doswell
The first stop of the day was at the Coleman's Mill intermediate signal location, 29.5 miles from Richmond. I arrived with my friend in time to catch Amtrak Train 88 with P42DC #54 leading.
We then ran express to Doswell, VA where the famed bracket mast was still standing along with its intended replacement. Typically CSX would have replaced the now disfavored bracket configuration with a cantilever, but because the signaling logic was not in need of replacement and the location of the signal is constrained by adjacent tracks, a new bracket mast was ordered.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
23-08-25 PHOTOS: 36th St Connections
Like many of my rail adventures this one started off in the Baltimore area, but unlike many recent trips I caught my Amtrak train from my old stomping grounds of Baltimore Penn Station. I was connecting to Amtrak there as I wanted to get some pics of the new B&O style CPL dwarf installed as part of the new Track F platform.
I had arrived on a MARC local pulled by MP36PH-3C #16 and would connect to a northbound Acela led by power car #2014.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
23-08-20 VIDEOS: Baltimore Metro Subway
Here we have the videos that go with my main Baltimore Metro Subway post. Due to the impending replacement of the Budd built Universal Transit Vehicle's, I made time to take a round trip from Owings Mills to Johns Hopkins Hospital and back. Taking video through the forward facing windows, each trip was divided into two parts with the break taking place at West Cold Springs.
The line features manual operation with cab signal based automatic train control using speeds of 0, 12, 20, 40, 50, 60 and 70mph. The above ground section sees main line speeds of 50, 60 and 70mph with the 70mph taking place in the interstate 795 median between Owings Mills and Old Court. The Metro Subway yard complex is located between Reisterstown and Rodgers Ave.
The tunnel section sees speeds of mostly 40 and 50mph.
The return trip was largely uneventful, but provided a different perspective.
That's all for my Baltimore Metro Subway experience. I'll be back shortly with photos from ZOO interlocking's 36th St Jct.
23-08-20 PHOTOS: Dorsey and Baltimore Metro
I'll kick things off at the Dorsey MARC station killing some time between visiting a local mall and trivia night. I got there in time to catch an eastbound MARC Camden line train hauled by MARC MP36PH-3C #33 with Bomber cab car #8045 on the rear.
Before the Metro stuff I also did another trip up the NEC encountering MARC Bomber cab car #8053 and Acela Express power car #2010 at BWI.
Thursday, July 13, 2023
23-07-14 PHOTOS: Fredericksburg
Planning on catching the first VRE Fredericksburg Line train southbound, My mid-day MARC berthed at the far end of of the track 7/8 platform at the western edge of Union Station. The walk to the station terminal involved passing MARC cab car #8047, MP36PH3C #19, MARC Mp36PH-3C #30 and MARC single level cab car #7761 and #7760.